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12-year-old dies after crash, two taken to hospital

PORTER TWP., PIKE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police report a 12-year-old has died after a vehicle crash that sent two others to the hospital.

According to Pennsylvania State Police, troopers investigated a one-vehicle crash on Silver Lake Road in Porter Township on December 15 around 8:00 p.m.

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Police say the vehicle exited the roadway for an unknown reason and struck a tree. The backseat passenger, a 12-year-old girl from Dingmans Ferry, was pronounced dead on the scene.

The driver and the front seat passenger were taken to Lehigh Valley-Pocono after they suffered injuries.

The crash remains under investigation.